Felix Gill and Robert Strombachs will square off in the qualifications of the Split Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Felix Gill who should win in 3 sets.
Felix Gill -> 1.42
Robert Strombachs -> 2.69
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Prediction and head to head Felix Gill vs. Robert Strombachs
There is no head to head record between Felix Gill and Robert Strombachs since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Felix Gill
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-17 | 4-2 | 19-12 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-24 | 7-4 | 36-19 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-21 | 1-2 | 24-13 | 5-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-19 | 0-0 | 32-17 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-7 | 1-1 | 4-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 326 (career-high), Gill got to the qualifications after defeating Josip Simundza 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Brit had a good straight sets win against Simundza (6-2 6-4). During the match, Gill scored 64 points vs Simundza’s 51. The Brit was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gill bagged 3 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Felix Gill conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Gill put 63% of his first serves in, winning 82% (28/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (10/20) on the 2nd serve. Gill broke Simundza 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Gill has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (134-83). 11-7 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Gill has an aggregate107-60 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
Felix’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Piracicaba Challenger.
Felix has an overall 15-9 win-loss record in 2024, 11-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Split Challenger
Felix has never competed in this tournament before.
Robert Strombachs
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-18 | 3-3 | 7-8 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2023 | 54-33 | 44-21 | 6-8 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 68-30 | 47-21 | 15-4 | 6-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-26 | 18-15 | 1-3 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| 2020 | 13-11 | 6-5 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3-3 |
Ranked no. 386, the German reached the qualifications after beating Duje Markovina 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, The German had a good straight sets win against Markovina (6-2 6-2). During the match Strombachs scored 62 points vs Markovina’s 38. Strombachs was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Strombachs couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Robert Strombachs conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Strombachs put 76% of his first serves in, winning 90% (28/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (5/10) on the 2nd serve. The German broke Markovina 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Strombachs has a composed 8-8 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gill | Strombachs |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 16 |
| Pts | 64-51 | 62-38 |
| Total Points | 115 | 100 |
| Winners | 28 | 28 |
| %Winners | 44% | 45% |
Both Gill and Strombachs played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Gill and Strombachs have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Gill played 2 games more than Strombachs. Felix scored 28 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Strombachs scored 28 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gill | Strombachs |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 0 |
| 1st in | 34/54 | 31/41 |
| %1st in | 63% | 76% |
| 1st pts | 28/34 | 28/31 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 90% |
| 2nd pts | 10/20 | 5/10 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 50% |
Gill blasted 3 aces . Strombachs didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Gill won 82% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Strombachs won 90% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gill | Strombachs |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 43% | 50% |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
The Brit broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Felix quite strong on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 1 break points. Robert broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Strombachs was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Gill | |||
| Q1 Simundza | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 64-51 | 64-51 | |
| Total points | 115 | 115 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 34/54 | 34/54 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 28/34 | 28/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/20 | 10/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Strombachs | |||
| Q1 Markovina | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 62-38 | 62-38 | |
| Total points | 100 | 100 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 31/41 | 31/41 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 28/31 | 28/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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